Girls Get Away

I met my friends Mary and Hope in Savannah this weekend for a fun get away. Mary was there to take another section of her dreaded CPA exam and we used it as an excuse to all meet and have some fun.

We stayed in a hotel with a great view of the River, ate oysters on the half shell, took a walking tour in the historic district and just strolled around town talking about our families and how we wished they were there.

Quick Fix

Squeaky, creaky doors? Forget the WD40, if it's not in one my kitchen drawers then I can't find it! Just spray a little of this everyday product on the hinges, swing the door back and forth to work it in, wipe off any residue and VOILA! No more noise.
Now you can sneak in and out of the front door, garage door, back door, or bathroom with out alerting anyone of your presence!
Enjoy!

A rose by any other name........

We spent most of this past week working on our yard getting it ready for the warm weather. We planted hundreds of flowers, tilled and planted the garden, mowed the lawn, stained and put together a new picnic table, power washed the deck and sidewalks, etc..... Late this afternoon I was coming out of the garage with my pruning sheers and gloves to take a crack at the rose bushes when I saw this.....

The perfect shot of Matt & Genevieve, she was helping him plant flowers. I think I got 20+ candid shots of the two of them surrounded by flowers!
So Lovely......Jessy

Jessy or Genevieve

I've always had a slight complex ever since Genevieve was born because everyone tells me she looks just like Matt? Well I don't see what they are talking about darn-it. OK, she's got his exact hair color, but his eyes aren't blue. We think she got those from Matt's grand mother who passed away (God rest her soul) when I was approx 4 months pregnant........ Anyways, for some reason I kept coming back to this picture of Genevieve and I couldn't figure out why I thought it looked so familiar to me and then one evening...I think I've got it! I went to one of my old photo albums and pulled out this picture of me when I was just about the same age and voila! Yap, that's the one and to think, these were taken 32 years apart.....That dimply chin, that button nose and yes those Jowls!

Can you guess who's who?

Belated Thankful Thursday

I would like to Thank my Sassy friend Charisse (her blog is the first one listed) for letting me in on how she created her Blog Roll. You'll notice it off to the left hand side all equipped with lovely icons instead of text to link you to my favorite blogs. Thank you so much Charisse!!
Jessy

Princess Genevieve

We pulled out Princess Genevieve last night while some friends were over for dinner. I had forgetten about her, she has been in the closet waiting for Genevieve to be old enough to play with her. Luckily the topic came up after dinner and I rescued her.
Watch the video, Geneveive is watching her and following along!! Soooo Cute!

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

18 Month Check-Up

We just had our 18 month check-up and we've grown soo much! She is off the charts in height 34.5" and 90th percentile in weight 28.5lbs!! We had to get our last set or immunizations "Booooh", the good news is we don't have to get anymore until we're 4 Yay!

Mmmmm That's Goooood!

Saturday Geveiveve, Mary, My Mom and I took a drive to Helen, its a little German town just north of Atlanta about an hour from our house. The Chattahoochee River runs right through the middle and all of the restaurants sit along its banks. We had a great time, Genevieve got to pet one of the horses that pulls a cart, the driver let her feed it a carrot, then we took a ride around the town! Then she got to enjoy some rainbow sherbet before we left for home.....Mmmmmm!

Finished!

I finally finished her new room and moved every thing from her original room over this evening. That's the quilt that I finally finished! Everything in this room has some kind of history......The dresser I refinished for the second time, it was the one Matt had through college...The Bed, my aunts (Dad's sisters) shared growing up. Its perfect for Genevieve in every way.

Its Such a sweet room, I hope she'll enjoy it as much as I did fixing it up!!
Sweet Dreams....

Time to Get Busy

This is the Quilting machine that my mother in law has in her basement. Its pretty darn big and very intimidating at first glance. I had made up my mind that I was going to tackle the beast this weekend. Mary and I got him all set up with the quilt top on one roller, the batting on one and the backing on another. I made 12 copies of the stippling pattern to use with the laser guide, I'm not quite ready to do "free hand". Now I was ready to go.......Achy back, shoulders, knees and 7 hours later I was finished...Thank Goodness, I'm pooped!

Mary is going to do the binding for me and might have it finished tomorrow, yay!

I am now on a Mission to find the perfect paint for the walls and dresser that are the perfect compliments to this Labor of Love!

More pics to come of my progress!